Tag: America
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Capitalism Needs A Hit of Community
This past weekend I was at a restaurant and I overheard a couple young kids, maybe in their early twenties, talking about marriage, or rather talking about looking forward to their second marriage, because the first marriage was just practice. And one specifically, who sounded as if he was going to the military after college, because…
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We Need to Pay Attention
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say, I just watch what they do – Andrew Carnegie When I started to write this post, I knew I wanted to talk about Ebola, because it’s all over the news and I have an opinion about everything… but the more and more I thought…
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Children? Homeless? That’s Like So Under My Radar
This past spring I was biking to work, and saw something that I had never quite seen, but in the back of my mind, I knew it was happening, but I was living in my bubble, enjoying life…. A couple, homeless, folding up their stuff and rising off the ground, as my bike continued to move…
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We Have To See it, To Believe It, Don’t We? Thoughts on Climate Change
This isn’t a post about how you need to care about global warming and climate change, it’s about WHY you’re not caring about it… and maybe we (Yes, you America) should talk more about it… Climate change is one of those debates that is based on facts. The juicy debates that get our attention in…
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Freedom: The New American Silo
Freedom: The American Silo You know you are out of your element when you feel a cringe in your stomach, a knot in your chest, or maybe a slight headache. If you think these feelings are unnatural or unwanted, embrace them. Many entrepreneurs, innovators live off of the feeling, because the moments that make you…
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America – What is our Problem?
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” Ernest Hemingway Everyone is born with a perspective. The list of variables that affect our perspective is endless, from our parents, lack of parents, social status, race, religion, educational opportunity, etc. These variables shape us to bond with…
Missing Perspective 